Hello Gordon! Thanks...it works now.
How did you notice that it needed input from the keyboard? Do you think I should make the developers aware of this issue? Thanks, Elliot On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Gordon Henderson<gordon+aster...@drogon.net> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Elliot Murdock wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I have a very simple bash script: >> >> #!/bin/bash >> asterisk -rx "sip show peers" > /var/log/devices >> >> When I run it in bash shell, everything works fine, but if I >> background it (by adding & or using bg), nothing appears in the >> /var/log/devices file. >> >> Any reason for this behavior or help would be great! > > Even though it doesn't need it, it seems to be expecting keyboard input, > so it stalls. Odd, but I'm sure there's a reason for it. > > Try this: > > rasterisk -x 'sip show peers' > /var/log/devices < /dev/null & > > You may now have lots of processes stuck, waiting, so best run > > ps ax | fgrep asterisk > > to check. > > Gordon > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users